Month: September 2012

Just 10 percent of the tunnels under Gaza’s border with Sinai are still in operation, after Egypt moved to close the underground network in recent weeks, tunnel owners said Friday. The tunnel trade, which operates […]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will seek to have the Palestinians’ UN status upgraded to a sovereign country and cautioned that Israeli settlement expansion meant time was running out for a two-state solution. […]

Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said the only way to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons was by setting "a clear red line" to stop its atomic program. "At this late hour, there is […]

By Tariq Shadid It has not gone unnoticed that Palestinians are showing little interest in Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the United Nations, which he held on the 27th of September. Most Palestinians have no idea […]

By Uri Avnery I am sitting here writing this article 39 years to the minute from that moment when the sirens started screaming, announcing the beginning of the war. A minute before, total quiet reigned, […]

By Neve Gordon Triggered by gas-price increases, tens of thousands of Palestinian taxi, truck and bus drivers in the West Bank observed a one-day strike, effectively shutting down cities. This, as Al Jazeera reported, was […]

By Deepak Tripathi We have run into greater turbulence following the appearance of a blasphemous film, Innocence of Muslims, about the Prophet Mohammad. The film was supposed to have been made by a convicted fraudster […]

By Jamal Kanj Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may have been to Harvard University, but his recurring gaffes suggest he is not ready to be commander-in-chief of the world’s biggest superpower. It has been an […]

Do not side with the Oppressor! By Various Authors – Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine Dear President Sandro Rossell. We, Palestinian footballers, athletes and sporting organizations and officials, are dismayed to learn the great team of […]

By Ralph Nader (Here is an open letter that Barack Obama should write to Mitt Romney – pronto!) Dear Mr. Romney: Not a day goes by without you blaming me for every slumping or stagnant economic indicator. Unemployment, […]

By Ramzy Baroud A neighbor of mine, of many years ago from a Gaza refugee camp, was a sacrilegious person par excellence. Unemployed like most inhabitants of the camp, he was extremely poor. His family […]

In stark contrast to 2011, the Palestinian delegation to the UN General Assembly is working quietly and limiting its remarks to the media. Since Friday, few details have emerged of President Mahmoud Abbas’ visit to […]

An Israeli court has spared Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, a prison term over a conviction for breach of trust, potentially paving his way for a political comeback. Olmert was sentenced on Monday after being […]

A family in Gaza that lost eight children over two years says the lack of sanitation around their home in al-Bureij refugee camp is responsible for their deaths. The Salim family lives meters from a […]

The deputy head of Hamas on Tuesday urged President Mahmoud Abbas to put an end to security coordination with Israel. Cairo-based Moussa Abu Marzouk said that "If I were in Abu Mazen’s place, I would […]

Israel has held discussions with the Palestinian Authority (PA) over plans to develop a gas field off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip, Israel’s foreign ministry said in a report. Prepared for a gathering of […]

By Ramzy Baroud If the new Egyptian leadership thinks it is possible to achieve lasting reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah within the current political climate, it is likely to be disappointed. In […]

By M. I. Bhat In a recent interview to New York Times, the Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi did some plain talking. He identified three major points for the United States to consider for improving its relations […]

By Ali Younes The news that Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal is giving up his leadership post is an ominous sign that Hamas is heading toward more confrontation with its Palestinian rival Fatah and the Palestinian […]

By Haidar Eid – Gaza Racism is the belief that a particular race (or religious group) (my insert) is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his […]

By Franklin Lamb – Shatila Camp The Sabra-Shatila Massacre: it seems like a dozen weeks, not 30 years ago. This year American citizens received messages to stay away from Beirut and the annual commemoration of […]

By Graham Peebles Across the Muslim World there is rightly outrage and hurt at the latest calculated attack on Islam, in the form of the film trailer Innocence of Muslims. All who hold human rights […]

A former prisoner who tried to set herself on fire in Ramallah on Thursday says the Palestinian Authority is neglecting released detainees. Abeer Odeh, 30, tried to self-immolate in Ramallah’s Manara square on Thursday but […]

One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a […]

By Johnny Barber – Kabul On this International Day of Peace I am sitting in Kabul, Afghanistan with a handful of youth that want nothing but peaceful coexistence in their lives. This in some respects […]

By Iqbal Jassat Is there any basis for believing that 9/11 commemoration events marking its 11th anniversary, has been subdued in most parts of ‘official’ America? Sounds absurd and out of character for the empire? Strange too especially […]

By Uri Avnery Once upon a time, President Richard Nixon wanted to appoint a certain lawyer to the US Supreme Court. ‘But the man is a complete moron!’ one senator exclaimed. “So what,” answered another, […]

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